Re: Purgatory?

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 19:03:29 -0500, "Cracker !  :+D"
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:

>On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:27:43 -0500, "bam"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote the following funny stuff in
>Usenet News'Froups! :
>
>>
>>You've finally discovered, Doc, that every Protestant is a Pope unto
>>himself? Hello???
>
>
>I do not even RECOGNIZE your pope, bam. He is a mere human elected
>counterfeit figurehead.
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>I used the term 'pope' as a gag.

But unless you are too blind to see it, you must admit that your "gag"
hit very near the truth. While you claim not to believe in an
Auithority set up to teach you the truth, the fact is, it is
impossible to assent to religious truth otherwise, and lacking the
Authority instituted by God, you are left with no other alternative
than to set up your own miniature version of the Papacy, with yourself
as the Pope.